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Posted: Dec 21 2016 (11:22)
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Last Response: Dec 23 2016 (15:07)
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Last Response: Dec 23 2016 (15:07)
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Gauge conversion work on 49.2-km stretch progressing
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read more... Kollam-Sengottai train service likely from May
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Yes , its will be very useful for 10 lakh people who visits Sabarimala in peak season.
Rightly said bro, that is why even the route MS-MDU-Tirunelveli-Nagercoil-TVC is shorter than the one via Salem, not many trains run on the route.
For Shencottai route, we can expect that atleast 536 km MS-Virudhu nagar (out of total 760km of MS-QLN) shall be double electrified line within a few years. Rest of the route shall be single line (224) with low traffic and ghat section.
Still we can expect a crack train on the route to take 4-4.5 hrs for these 224 km(Virudhunagar-Kollam) and 8 -8.5 hrs for MS-Virudhunagar...
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For Shencottai route, we can expect that atleast 536 km MS-Virudhu nagar (out of total 760km of MS-QLN) shall be double electrified line within a few years. Rest of the route shall be single line (224) with low traffic and ghat section.
Still we can expect a crack train on the route to take 4-4.5 hrs for these 224 km(Virudhunagar-Kollam) and 8 -8.5 hrs for MS-Virudhunagar...
more...
Yes . To accept the truth, we can never match British when it comes to work . Those days they had laid tracks at a rate of 3 KM a day. They extracted too much work from Indians but now a days , despite the possession of modern equipments , we are lagging behind like a tortoise .
Yes. Also the funds then came easily from English private companies and the British empire and there was no land acquisition problems.
Yes . To accept the truth, we can never match British when it comes to work . Those days they had laid tracks at a rate of 3 KM a day. They extracted too much work from Indians but now a days , despite the possession of modern equipments , we are lagging behind like a tortoise .